LessCompiler.java

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package com.hastybox.lesscss.compileservice.compiler;

import java.io.File;

/**
 * Interface giving access to a Less Compiler
 * 
 * @author psy
 * 
 */
public interface LessCompiler {

	/**
	 * Compiles given LESS code to CSS. Beware this method cannot handle file
	 * includes in your LESS code, because it does not know about files.
	 * 
	 * @param lessCode
	 * @return compiled CSS code
	 */
	String compile(String lessCode);

	/**
	 * compiles given LESS file to CSS. This method can handle included files.
	 * 
	 * @param lessFile
	 *            File containing LESS code
	 * @return compiles CSS code
	 */
	String compile(File lessFile);

}